India will miss Ashwin on this track

[Clarke]

WIth the bat for sure

Yea, should have played ahead of No-hit.

[ravishingravi]

India will not miss Ashwin on any pitch.

[asterix]

Sorry not missing Fatwin at all... In fact missed Jaddu in the first match. Should've won the series...

[Sidhoni]

Thanks for the thread :nice:

[bulbul]

Only if Jaddu played in first match :((

[Lord]

Sorry not missing Fatwin at all... In fact missed Jaddu in the first match. Should've won the series...

Jaddu wouldnt have done anything in first match too.this track is totally different

[Lord]

Sorry not missing Fatwin at all... In fact missed Jaddu in the first match. Should've won the series...

Jaddu wouldnt have done anything in first match too.this track is totally different

[jf1gp_1]

We always miss players who are not in the XI. :giggle:

at times even those who are unlikely to play for India. someone suggested mr cheat sreesanth or that aaron.

[skindia]

2 spinner required here 4 pacers required in last match blame selection

[Marut]

Still ended with at least 1 wicket. Had Ashwin done even that' date=' we would have been in better winning position.[/quote'] Actually we needed Zaheer to pick a couple of wickets on day five and we would have won- all he managed was the fluke wicket of Kallis after giving away 135 runs. No spinner has done well at the Wanderers recently, and historically, very few spinners average less than 40 there.

[Pagalpanti]

:hysterical: Whoever is out of Indian XI suddenly becomes very promising and better than the guy in the playing XI

[zumi]

thank goodness Ashwin is not playing. or else Saffers would have been 350 for 1 by now. Jadeja has brought some respectibility to the current indian bowling

[Trichromatic]

Actually we needed Zaheer to pick a couple of wickets on day five and we would have won- all he managed was the fluke wicket of Kallis after giving away 135 runs. No spinner has done well at the Wanderers recently' date=' and historically, very few spinners average less than 40 there.[/quote'] Wasn't Ashwin our best bowler in current form? One of the fastest to reach 100 wickets in the history of game, 25 years of age, only Shami was better than him before the match and even he was very inexperienced. Zak was returning from long injury and Ishant has always been unreliable. While no spinner has done well at Wanderers, this was also first time in 80 years of Indian cricket when Indian spinners didn't pick any wicket.

[div]

Wasn't Ashwin our best bowler in current form? One of the fastest to reach 100 wickets in the history of game, 25 years of age, only Shami was better than him before the match and even he was very inexperienced. Zak was returning from long injury and Ishant has always been unreliable. While no spinner has done well at Wanderers, this was also first time in 80 years of Indian cricket when Indian spinners didn't pick any wicket.

useless stat..some times part timers pick up one or two wickets. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/456669.html

[I6MTW]

Jadeja doing well.

[Trichromatic]

useless stat..some times part timers pick up one or two wickets. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/456669.html

If that's useless, then just watch the match to see how ineffective he was during the match. India team was reduced to 3 bowlers. Did he even get a chance even to appeal during whole match? Did he manage to beat the bat? Spinners have struggeled on unhelpful tracks, but you expect better for your best spinner.

[div]

If that's useless' date=' then just watch the match to see how ineffective he was during the match. India team was reduced to 3 bowlers. Did he even get a chance even to appeal during whole match? Did he manage to beat the bat? Spinners have struggeled on unhelpful tracks, but you expect better for your best spinner.[/quote'] did not watch whole match.. Ajmal ,Ashwin,Tahir all of them were ineffective at the Wanderers.

[Marut]

If that's useless' date=' then just watch the match to see how ineffective he was during the match. India team was reduced to 3 bowlers. Did he even get a chance even to appeal during whole match? Did he manage to beat the bat? Spinners have struggeled on unhelpful tracks, but you expect better for your best spinner.[/quote'] That is what happens on unhelpful wickets. If there was a chance to appeal many times, he would have got a wicket or two. South Africans were scoring freely against Ajmal here when they played last time - at a run rate of 4+ per over and he did not look like taking a wicket either. At least Ashwin checked the flow of runs. Not saying he did very well in the match, he could have done better - but SA batsmen were also least interested in attacking him and a very defensive field was set up for Ashwin. India should have gone with four seamers at Wanderers, and should have gone with two spinners at Kingsmead - some good opportunities to win have been squandered.